Joel Jover Llenderosas is a member of the Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC), has been awarded numerous national prizes, most recently the Alejo Carpentier Prize. While his works address a range of themes, a predominant one reflects aspects religiosity and spirituality as they exist throughout Cuban culture, blending Catholic with Afro-Cuban cults and imagery. Today he lives and works in Camaguey City, Cuba.

 

 

Salvador Gonzalez is an Afro-Cuban sculptor, painter and muralist based in Havana.

 

Read more about Salvador Gonzalez at:
http://salvadorgonzalez.artspan.com/
mbr_bio.php

 

 

A self-taught artist, José Garcia Montebravo lives in the town of Cienfuegos, where he is a leading member of the art community. Montebravo paints strong portrayals of religious figures, particularly the orishas, or Santería deities. He has exhibited individually and collectively, in Europe and the United States as well as in Cuba.

 

Read more about José Montebravo at:
http://www.folkart.org/mag/
montebravo/montebravo.html

 

 

One of Cuba’s most prominent and internationally known contemporary artists, Juan Roberto Diago was born in Havana in 1971 where he still lives today. His works combine painting, collage and mixed media techniques, his themes frequently touch both on his identity as a contemporary Cuban, and as a man of African ancestry.

 

 

Luis Alberto Pérez Copperi was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, in 1973, where he lives and works today as an independent artist.  He has degrees in fine arts (from the Escuela Elemental de Artes Plásticas Rolando Escardó) and architecture (Universidad de Villa Clara). In recent years he has had a number of solo and group shows in Cuba.